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Old Faithful

April 2024 | Happy Birthday Big Book!
The book that just collected dust for months one day became the most important thing in her life

Goodbye My Friend

February 2024 | Getting Through Tough Times
A member shares his love, fear and sadness as a longtime AA friend says he’s leaving the program

Picture Perfect

December 2023 | Remote Communities and sober holidays
She can fondly recall the day she came to believe, thanks to a little girl’s drawing on her fridge

The Junkyard

September 2023 | Young & Sober

Laundry day

April 2023 | AA & Families
When he got out of the detox program, he began going to AA meetings. He soon began to smile more and return to the son I knew. I wanted desperately to stop drinking myself.

Sober at 75

March 2023 | Get Into Service
It took a while for alcohol to catch up to him and even longer for him to admit it. But oh, life is so much better now

No defense

October 2022 | Relapse
As her meetings slipped away, the wine started looking good. Then one day she reached for the glass

No Matter What

June 2022 | Stories by Longtimers!
Getting sober for this nonbinary trans alcoholic was not easy. And it was about to get harder

Saying yes

April 2022 | What's On Your Mind?
A sponsee he’ll never forget taught him something he’ll always remember

Right in the Middle

January 2022 | Beginners
In Aruba for her granddaughter’s wedding, a newcomer uses every tool she has to surround herself with AA

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